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Hairless Racoon
In the wild, Andrew feeds on fish, sponges, small crustaceans, nematode worms and protozoans.
Benny's diet is very specialized, consisting mainly of the interior of Ramy nuts, nectar from the Traveller's Palm tree, some fungi and insect grubs. He is also known to raid coconut plantations, and has been seen eating lychees and mangoes, which are also plantation crops.
Category: bird
I bought a parakeet at a back alley Chinatown apothecary last week. Against the wise but curmudgeonly old shopkeeper's advice, I fed Felicia after midnight and she turned into this: I believe it's a Barred Eagle-Owl. It ate Mathman....
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Category: bird
Bird gets freaky with a puppet.
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Category: barn swallow
A new study of barn swallows has shed a fascinating light on the link between their appearance and the levels of sexual hormones in their bodies. Scientists have long noted that male swallows with deeper red throats attract more females and have higher levels of testosterone. Conventional scientific wisdom always just assumed that swallows born with more testosterone had deeper throats and thus attracted more females. Turns out, however, that this is only partially true.
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Category: bird
All across the U.K. ravens, once peaceful scavengers, have taken to attacking livestock in huge murderous storms. Blah! Blah! Blah! Just like the move The Birds! Blah! Blah! Blah! Seriously though, Scottish and Welsh farmers have recently reported huge flocks of ravens descending on lambs and literally pecking them to death.
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Category: birdsong
Researchers from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen in the UK are conducting a study on the relationship between bird songs and... uh... apparently any facet of the human experience. In what sounds to me like an...
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Category: bird
Who would have thought that the wandering albatross flew around the earth randomly with absolutely no plan? Apparently the person who named it. According to some fishermen, albatrosses look "wicked baked." Scientists used to believe that albatrosses followed a strange...
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Category: bird
Birds have the ability to sense the Earth's magnetic field, and now scientists believe that they may actually "see" it with their eyes. According to a study posted on PLoS, a molecule known to be in birds' eyes that is...
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Category: bird
And yet more troubling bird imagery from the same friends who brought us Deviled Ostrich Egg and Baby Cockatiel:Bentley's Bio courtesy of friend Pat Deering from New MexicoBentley is a deformed duckling. His neck is bent down and around to...
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Category: bird
Scientists have long known that birds develop local dialects, but they didn't know that birds' languages can go out of style with the times. According to an article in England's Daily Mail, behavioral ecologist Elizabeth Derryberry tested songs of male...
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Category: nintendo
Ever wonder where sea creatures have been or where they're headed? Thanks to marvelous modern technology and an ambitious team of prestigious scientific organizations, now you can watch in almost real-time! Since 2002, Tagging of Pacific Pelagic (TOPPS) research project...
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